Definition of Christiania

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast.

Exact synonyms: Capital Of Norway, Oslo
Generic synonyms: Port, National Capital
Group relationships: Kingdom Of Norway, Noreg, Norge, Norway

Definition of Christiania

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Christiania

Christian era
Christian holy day
Christian liturgy
Christian metal
Christian name
Christian names
Christian religion
Christian rock
Christian soldier
Christian soldiers
Christian theology
Christian year
Christian years
Christiana
Christianese
Christiania (current term)
Christianisation
Christianise
Christianised
Christianises
Christianising
Christianism
Christianisms
Christianist
Christianists
Christianities
Christianity
Christianization
Christianize
Christianized

Literary usage of Christiania

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"201 7 Steen, Daniel, Christiania. a Soaps. aoi b Essences, perfumery, ... 251 43 Falck-Yster, Christiania.—Snow shoes. 251 a Collection of antique and ..."

2. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1824)
"The widest streets of General Christiania are not so broad as Bond Street; and condition in these, the shops, though numerous, make no streets. VIII. ..."

3. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"AT the inner end of the long and charming Christiania fjord, at the foot of wooded hills, lies Christiania. It was late in the autumn when, for the first ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1870)
"Christiania 1869. Forhandlinger vcd de Skandinaviske ... Christiania 1869. Micro- metric Examination of Stellar Cluster in Perseus, by 0. AL Phil. •Jto. ..."

5. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1886)
"By Samuel Laing, Esq. London, 1837. 2. Le Royaume de Norvège et le Peuple Norvégien. Par le Dr. OI Brodi. Christiania, 1878. 3. ..."

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